Methods and apparatuses for a sensing-based transmission

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for a sensing-based transmission in a sidelink wireless communication system in 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) 5G networks. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method which may be performed by user equipment (UE) includes: receiving configuration information including a slot total number of a set of candidate resources in a resource pool; and receiving configuration information including another slot total number of another set of candidate resources in the resource pool.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
 receiving configuration information including a first slot total number of a first set of candidate resources in a resource pool; and   receiving configuration information including a second slot total number of a second set of candidate resources in the resource pool.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 in response to enabling the resource pool for a sidelink data transmission, at least one of the first slot total number and the second slot total number is associated with the sidelink data transmission; and   in response to enabling the resource pool for a sidelink position reference signalling transmission, at least one of the first slot total number and the second slot total number is associated with the sidelink position reference signalling transmission.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 in response to enabling the resource pool for a periodic sidelink data transmission, at least one of the first slot total number and the second slot total number is associated with the periodic sidelink data transmission; and   in response to enabling the resource pool for an aperiodic sidelink data transmission, at least one of the first slot total number and the second slot total number is associated with the aperiodic sidelink data transmission.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein in response to enabling the resource pool for the periodic sidelink data transmission:
 the first slot total number is associated with a first traffic period, the second slot total number is associated with a second traffic period, and the first traffic period is different from the second traffic period.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising at least one of:
 determining the first set of candidate resources based on the first slot total number, wherein a total number of slots in the first set of candidate resources is greater than or equal to the first slot total number; and   determining the second set of candidate resources based on the second slot total number, wherein a total number of slots in the second set of candidate resources is greater than or equal to the second slot total number.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising at least one of:
 determining a first number by selecting a minimum value within the first slot total number and a size of a resource selection window, and determining the first set of candidate resources based on the determined first number, wherein a total number of slots in the first set of candidate resources is greater than or equal to the determined first number; and   determining a second number by selecting a minimum value within the second slot total number and the size of the resource selection window, and determining the second set of candidate resources based on the determined second number, wherein a total number of slots in the second set of candidate resources is greater than or equal to the determined second number.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving configuration information including a first set of candidate sensing gap values corresponding to the first slot total number; and   receiving configuration information including a second set of candidate sensing gap values corresponding to the second slot total number.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein:
 in response to enabling the resource pool for a sidelink data transmission, at least one of the first set of candidate sensing gap values and the second set of candidate sensing gap values is associated with the sidelink data transmission; and   in response to enabling the resource pool for a sidelink position reference signalling transmission, at least one of the first set of candidate sensing gap values and the second set of candidate sensing gap values is associated with the sidelink position reference signalling transmission.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein in response to enabling the resource pool for a periodic sidelink data transmission:
 the first set of candidate sensing gap values is associated with a first traffic period, the second set of candidate sensing gap values is associated with a second traffic period, and the first traffic period is different from the second traffic period.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising at least one of:
 determining one or more first sensing window occasions associated with the first set of candidate resources based on the first set of candidate sensing gap values; and   determining one or more second sensing window occasions associated with the second set of candidate resources based on the second set of candidate sensing gap values.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 performing a resource selection procedure based on at least one of the first set of candidate resources and the second set of candidate resources.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein performing the resource selection procedure further comprises:
 in response to the first set of candidate resources overlapped with the second set of candidate resources in a time domain, determining an overlapped subset of the first set of candidate resources and the second set of candidate resources; and   selecting one or more first candidate resources from the overlapped subset based on the one or more first sensing window occasions and the one or more second sensing window occasions.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 determining whether a resource total number of the one or more first candidate resources is less than a threshold; and   in response to the resource total number less than the threshold:   determining a non-overlapped subset of the first set of candidate resources and the second set of candidate resources; and   further selecting one or more second candidate resources from the non-overlapped subset based on the one or more first sensing window occasions and the one or more second sensing window occasions.   
     
     
         14 . An apparatus for performing a network function, the apparatus comprising:
 at least one memory; and   at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the apparatus to:
 transmit configuration information including a first slot total number of a first set of candidate resources in a resource pool; and 
 transmit configuration information including a second slot total number of a second set of candidate resources in the resource pool. 
   
     
     
         15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . A processor for wireless communication, comprising:
 at least one controller coupled with at least one memory and configured to cause the processor to:
 receive configuration information including a first slot total number of a first set of candidate resources in a resource pool; and 
 receive configuration information including a second slot total number of a second set of candidate resources in the resource pool. 
   
     
     
         17 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:
 at least one memory; and   at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the UE to:
 receive configuration information including a first slot total number of a first set of candidate resources in a resource pool; and 
 receive configuration information including a second slot total number of a second set of candidate resources in the resource pool. 
   
     
     
         18 . The UE of  claim 17 , wherein:
 in response to enabling the resource pool for a sidelink data transmission, at least one of the first slot total number and the second slot total number is associated with the sidelink data transmission; and   in response to enabling the resource pool for a sidelink position reference signalling transmission, at least one of the first slot total number and the second slot total number is associated with the sidelink position reference signalling transmission.   
     
     
         19 . The UE of  claim 17 , wherein:
 in response to enabling the resource pool for a periodic sidelink data transmission, at least one of the first slot total number and the second slot total number is associated with the periodic sidelink data transmission; and   in response to enabling the resource pool for an aperiodic sidelink data transmission, at least one of the first slot total number and the second slot total number is associated with the aperiodic sidelink data transmission.   
     
     
         20 . The UE of  claim 19 , wherein in response to enabling the resource pool for the periodic sidelink data transmission:
 the first slot total number is associated with a first traffic period, the second slot total number is associated with a second traffic period, and the first traffic period is different from the second traffic period.   
     
     
         21 . The UE of  claim 20 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the UE to:
 determine the first set of candidate resources based on the first slot total number, wherein a total number of slots in the first set of candidate resources is greater than or equal to the first slot total number; and   determine the second set of candidate resources based on the second slot total number, wherein a total number of slots in the second set of candidate resources is greater than or equal to the second slot total number.